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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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From: officecode234@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 00:27:40 +0000
Subject: My beloved:Can You Handle This Project?

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My beloved,How are you doing today?,

Greetings to you and please permit me to introduce myself. i am Mr.Mario
Raschid Aun Nafarrate,i am from Mexico,but living in United State of
America before i return back to Mexico i am in Mexico now,am a very wealthy
man a crude oil merchant before i was diagnosed with esophageal cancer
which has defiled all medical solutions and according to medical experts i
only have a few more months to live.

as you read this you do not have to feel sorry for me as it is a universal
truth that we all must die someday, the only problem with mine though being
that i have particularly not lived my life well in spite of my wealth and
possessions as i never really cared for anyone (not even myself) but my
business.

though i was very rich i was never generous, i was never caring about
people but only dedicated my time and resources on my business as that was
the only thing i cared about.

but now i regret all this as i now know that there is more to life! than
just accumulating all the wealth in the world as i lay helplessly on my
sick bed. if i was given a second chance to live again i sure would live my
life different way from how i have lived it owing to what has befallen me
now.

as my last days alive are drawing closer and closer i have already willed
out most of my properties and assets to my immediate and extended family
members as well as a few close friends.

i also want my soul to be at peace with god and for him to be merciful on
me and accept my soul and to this regard i have resolved to give my
remaining funds to charity organizations as i want this to stand as one of
the last deeds i indulge in on earth before i die. though i have already
distributed money to some charity organizations, now that my health has
deteriorated so badly i can no longer continue with this myself and also i
do not trust my immediate family members or close friends and my wife died
during the September 11,2001 attack on the world trader center in New York
City, and during the period of our marriage we could not produce any child.
on this as i have once asked immediate family members or close friends to
close one of my account! Units and distribute the funds therein to charity
organizations they greedily kept the money to themselves. Hence i am
contacting you with this as i have lost confidence in them because it is
obvious they are not contended With what i have left for them.

the last of my funds which no one knows of is a cash deposit of (Ten
million four hundred thousand united states dollars) ($10.4,000,000,00)
stashed in one trunk boxes and declared as personal effects of high
security value which i have with a Bank. all i am asking of you is to
assist me in making the collection of this deposit and dispatching the
funds for development of the church and any charity organizations of your
choice, after keeping 20% of the funds for yourself and your family.

Please contact me as soon as you get this email if you are capable and
sincere to handle this project! Section on my behalf so i can forward you
with all relevant documents necessary for the claims and the name of the
firm where the funds are deposited.

god bless you as i await words from you. please inform as soon as possible
if you are not interested so i can proceed to seek for someone else to
carry out this on my behalf. find attached my International Passport my
picture on my hospital bed along with this email for your verification.

My address Address in Mexico, Finisterra #2315-1, Fracc. Las Aldabas, City
Juarez, Chihuahua, CP: #32545 Mexico,

Please reply via my private Email address: (mario_raschid555@hotmail.com)

God bless you.

Yours lovely brother

Mr.Mario Raschid Aun Nafarrate



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